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Come on, Counselor. Get this guy off like you always do.

You can't do it anymore, can you?

You're a fraud.

Screech. Screech. Shut up!

Damn it, Mitch.

You told me you were done with cocaine.

Yeah, well, I told you that when I was wasted off of my ass.

What am I supposed to tell Judge Hornstock?

Tell him he can wait.

They can all wait. I'm the freaking grinder.

Then come inside, baby, and grind away.

Only you can.

You think just because you're my partner's daughter that you can have

your way with me?

Well, you are sadly mistaken.

No, no, no, no!

I'm not supposed to be watching this. Dean is in the building. Yes, he

cleansed himself of the grinder. We're all very proud of him. So proud. But

what if, Todd, what if Dean said goodbye to the grinder at the very moment we

needed the grinder the most? Stuart, I can't do this. What happens next, Todd?

Stuart, please!

In the show, where'd they take the storyline?

They lost him, okay? He went to rehab, and they had to figure out how to win

without him! How'd they do that?

How'd they win cases without the grinder?

Did it.

What are you doing, Todd?

Dad,

I think we need to hire an outside firm to represent you in this malpractice

thing. I 100% disagree.

All right, I'll bring someone in. What?

Stu, let it go.

Come on, man. Dad's moved on, and I've moved on. What does that even mean? I've

enrolled in law school. Oh, which reminds me, can my internship be used as

a credit? I think we can figure something out. Great. Dean, you enrolled

in law school.

Now, when we could possibly lose the firm. Well, I gotta learn, bro.

And who knows? Maybe if I study hard enough, I can figure out how to win this

case. And save the firm.

Dad, you are not hiring another lawyer. I am right.

on this you want to work this case get your brother back and represent me

together and if this is any kind of conspiracy like you say it is you're

gonna need the grinder so uh what am i walking into here you're about to enter

law 140 introduction to torts what if i don't fit in what

if i'm not as smart as everybody else hey i don't like that kind of talk you

are better than everyone and everything And don't you ever forget it.

Now, what do you say we go in there and learn a little law?

In order to prevail, the plaintiff in the lawsuit would...

Sorry.

I'm late.

No, it's okay.

It's fine. Excuse me.

Pardon me.

Let him through.

We good?

You settled in?

Great. So, we're about two months in.

Um, you know what? It might be easier to just go back to the first day, catch you

up. No, no, uh, please.

Um, I do not want any special treatment.

Um, you should join our study group later.

Yeah, we'd love to have you.

Yeah, great. Thank you. So, we were discussing the seven different types of

torts that... Yes, Mr. Sanderson. Forgive me if you've covered this

previously, but what is a tort?

Oh, um... You know what? I think it would be better if you started it at the

beginning. Absolutely.

Everyone, turn to page one.

Hey. Oh, hey.

How'd it go with your dad? Did Dean talk him into hiring someone else? Uh, sort

of. He wants us... Where's the coffee? Oh, I moved it over here. I didn't get

why it was so far away from the machine.

Oh, good idea. Thanks.

So what happened?

He wants us to do it together.

He won't let me work on the case until I get the grinder back. It's ridiculous.

It's ridiculous.

Come on.

Look at us.

We used to only get to do this at home. Now we're doing it here. I was just

thinking that. Were you really? I was. I was thinking it's nice to do it at a new

location. Yeah, it's like refreshing.

It's nice. It's nice.

Coffee's taking a long time.

It's never been this slow. I feel like it's broken.

This is nice.

I can really pull small-nighters in here, boy. Why?

What are you even doing here, bro? Yeah, aren't you already a lawyer? Oh, I used

to think so.

If you'd asked me a couple weeks ago, I'd be singing a different tune. When

The Grinder was taken prisoner in season three, was that just a ploy to get back

at Ali Larder? You know, I don't talk about the show anymore. Besides, we've

been here over an hour, and we haven't even cracked these books.

Books are lame.

Don't you ever say that!

I just... I just don't want any of you to make the same mistakes that I did. I

wasted the best law years of my life on the grinder.

So promise me you'll do the book stuff first, and then do the TV show. Uh, hi.

Sorry for interrupting. Oh, everybody, this is my brother, Stu.

A law school graduate. Yeah. Cool. Uh, thank you.

Todd. Thought you had a dentist appointment.

Okay, you caught me. I'm just here helping Dean get situated.

Right. Uh, can I talk to you for a second? Stu, anything that you have to

say to me can be...

Is that in front of the whole group?

Okay. Um, I need you to come by the office.

I want to show you something. What?

Dean, our dad needs us. Come on.

Fine. I will come. But only as a student of the law.

Nothing more.

Well, that's all I can ask. Good.

That's all I can give.

So this is the plan? Because we need the grinder back? This is the plan.

Just as I left it. I knew you'd come back. He's been gone a day. Hey, let me

just get this evidence board out of the way. Evidence board?

Yeah, just a little something we've been working on.

And you just put this together?

Dean, I'll be honest. It kind of just put itself together. Maybe we should...

It's just an evidence board. What do you make of it, Dino?

Well, it's everybody that we've been dealing with all year.

What else?

It's all connected. Yes.

By string.

In a chaotic fashion.

But is there order in the chaos?

Um, I can't see it.

Maybe we should leave you alone with it.

What are you doing?

What? Nothing. You should be ashamed of yourself.

You guys are pathetic.

Dean, I was just trying to get you to... Oh, I know what you're trying to do.

Well, guess what?

He's gone.

And he's never coming back.

Now, if you'll excuse me, I have to get back to class.

Then we had this evidence board, you know, those ridiculous things from the

show that he likes with the string on it, you know? Yeah, yeah, you told me.

And it did nothing.

I know. You told me that.

I did? Mm-hmm. Oh.

Uh, oh, did I tell you that I caught Todd at law school? Yes.

I did.

Caught a lot of ground today, huh? We did.

Yeah.

Well, we had the whole ride into work together. Right, and coffee. Mm-hmm.

You know, we talked at coffee and lunch. And lunch. Right?

Drive home from work and then dinner.

So, how does a tort fit into, say, a malpractice case? Well, a

tort is just an infringement on... Hang on a second, Ginger.

Something tells me this isn't about torts.

What do you mean?

Of course it is.

We have a big test. Screw the test. This is about your dad, isn't it?

We could help you. No, I couldn't ask you guys to waste time. Are you kidding

me, bro? This place is a waste and you know it too.

That's why you started practicing.

But I was wrong, Coop. No, you weren't. Everyone's all hung up on degrees.

Solving real cases.

That's what it's about.

They're right.

And you know it.

Come on, let us see the file.

It's just that, like, you know, now that we work together all day every day,

suddenly we have nothing to talk about when we get home.

That kind of thing can be a real relationship killer. I know, right? So

what should I do?

I don't know. Like, drop some bombs.

Pick a subject that you guys disagree on. Uh-huh. And then bring it up. And

stretch it out as long as you can. And then bring it up again. So, like,

something big?

Something provocative, you know?

Provocative. Gives you something to do.

Right.

I'm worried about him, honestly.

I'm afraid he's teetering on the edge of falling back into... Into what?

Well, the dramatic behavior that we've been steering him away from. I feel like

it's, you know, just poking its head back up a little bit. Really? Yeah, a

little bit. I hadn't noticed that at all. Well, I wonder... if he's not

hiding it from you.

God, Jillian, I just would hate to undo all the progress you've made with him.

Why would you? I wouldn't.

And I think just to make sure of that, what should I be careful to avoid that

may set him back?

Stuart, I think we need to think of Dean as a drug addict. And oddly,

his drug of choice is bad television drama.

Thank you.

Nobody says that. It is.

So,

what are we going to do?

We are going to...

Keep him away from the drugs. Uh-huh.

And the people he used to... Used to...

Do... Do... The drugs with. The drugs with. Yeah. The junkies.

Now you're getting it.

Or his dealer.

Hello, Dean.

A layover.

In Boise. Yeah.

It's turning into quite the hub, you know? Well, even if that were true,

that's not why you're here, Cliff. Come on.

You got me.

Grindr, New Orleans.

I'm having trouble with this one scene. It's a pivotal scene. It's the kind of

scene I used to come to you with.

Cliff, I don't do that anymore.

I've moved on with my life.

I don't know if you've heard, but I'm in law school.

You always had the thirst, right?

And I'm trying to quench it.

The right way.

We're in the desert.

The dead of summer.

Cliff, don't. It's a high-speed tank chase with a Mexican drug lord. And the

grinder's on the run. Oh, so you're calling him the grinder now?

Well, he's the new grinder. What do you want me to call him? The new grinder.

Or the fake grinder.

I'm stuck on the new grinder's backstory.

How does he know how to drive a tank?

I assume you've already established that he has no formal military training. I

haven't lost your touch.

But he could have been raised near an army base.

We do the whole thing in flashbacks.

Maybe he used to sneak onto the base when he was a kid, you know, to escape

his parents' fight.

I can't do this. Team machine, come on. We're just getting heated up. I'm sorry.

I've come too far to get to where I am.

I hope someday you can understand.

What?

I was just going to say goodnight. Yeah.

Goodnight. Goodnight.

So I think I should take

Lizzie to the doctor to get some birth control pills. Up, up!

I'm up. Are you? Yep.

It just felt so right.

You know, me riffing with Bemis like the old days.

It's what made it so hard to walk away.

But I did.

And I'm so proud of you.

Where's my big, strong beam?

I am. Yeah.

I just hope I can continue to be. You can. You resisted, and that is growth.

Right, because how often is he going to get stuck enough that he flies out here

to fix a story?

Yeah, really. I mean, couldn't he have just called you? Did he really need to

do it face to face? My point is, I resisted.

And I couldn't have done that without you. You have a bigger support group

than you know. Even your brother is committed to your recovery now. He is?

Yeah, he came to see me yesterday to find out what triggers he should avoid

that might cause you to relapse.

And what did you tell him?

Exactly what he wanted me to.

How could you?

What? You know damn well what. You brought him here. Who?

Cliff Bemis. To try to pull me back in and put at risk everything that I've

worked for. And all because you couldn't get your head around this case,

Counselor. Dean, well, I am sorry, but I do not have all of the answers. I am

just a first-year law student.

I know.

And I'm sorry. I pushed you too hard. I thought you were ready. You don't think

I want to help? You don't think I want to get my father off?

I know. And I thought it was the only way to win. But I realize now that it's

not. It's not?

No. Bemis is here.

He's the one that should be helping. I mean, he's an expert in this stuff.

He created the grinder. The whole thing came from his head. I wouldn't say that.

Well, he wrote it. You just said the lines that he wrote. Oh, yeah.

Because... That's what actors do. They just say the lines, stand where they're

told, and dance like dummies.

Yeah, Stu.

Actors do a lot more than that. Everybody knows it. I think you owe

someone an apology.

No, Dad, he's done enough already.

I don't think I have the strength to weather any more pain.

And then I told Stuart that I was gonna take Lizzie to get birth control pills.

Wow.

That's a big bomb.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. I really went for it. And?

Completely blew up in my face. Oh. Yeah, Stuart freaked out and confronted

Lizzie, and now she's not talking to me.

Woo. Yeah. You know, I was afraid that that would happen.

I'm not so great with advice.

Oh.

Wish I had known that earlier.

Yeah. I don't think this quite works here.

I don't know if that makes sense.

Bemis, what are you doing here?

I'm just...

Showing him the case file, see if anything clicks?

You want to join us? No, it's okay.

I, uh, I actually have some studying to do, so... Don't mind me.

So what do you think? Does this feel like a setup?

Oh, yeah.

Yeah, it's this reeking of a setup. It actually reminds me of a revenge arc I

came up with in season five.

Go on.

Well, I've got a spin in my wheels.

The writers had nothing. The network had nothing. But I knew something was

missing. Is it realism?

Quality? No, that was there.

But it needed a twist.

I remember being all by myself, no one else around, and hearing a voice inside

my head say, Clifford, what if Mitch were behind the whole thing? Oh, wow.

From inside your head? Yep, yep, yep. Cracked it wide open.

There's nothing as rewarding as cracking something with no help from anyone

themselves.

Really? You cracked it? Because I remember writing a character journal

that... It doesn't matter.

Okay, I am going to take a drive.

He'll be back. Yeah, I don't really care.

Let's get back to my end of the deal.

When's my dinner with Idaho's sexiest lawyer? I'm working on it. Work faster.

Really? What? I'm not some piece of meat you can just trade for favors.

Uh, no.

You're not.

Cliff Bemis wants to have dinner with me?

Yeah, he wants to get to know you.

Uh, just being a die-hard fan.

Well, I guess that makes sense. Right? So what time are we going? It's just the

two of you. Oh. Yeah, one-on-one. Okay.

And just, uh, just be... open.

Open to... To whatever.

You don't want to disappoint Cliff Bemis now, do you? No. Great, great.

Oh, and Todd, wear something nice.

Dude, your brother might have been on to something. There's something shady here.

Is that the law talking or your gut? It's my gut.

I used to listen to my gut.

Why'd you stop?

I don't know.

I'm sorry, I'm just not myself today.

What's on your mind? Talk to us. Don't you get it, Ginger?

This is the moment. We're watching it.

What moment?

The calm before the storm. Right before the grinder saves the day.

The grinder's a character.

It's not me.

Well, what if you're wrong?

What if the grinder...

is who you really are.

Are you still not talking to me?

Honey, I'm sorry.

Is this about the birth control stuff? Oh, he knows now too? Or are you just

telling everybody?

I'm not telling everybody.

Just because you guys have nothing to talk about? Who has nothing to talk

about? You and mom.

What? Yeah, that's why she betrayed our trust.

For what? Some cheap conversation.

That's why you told me that? I was desperate.

Honey!

Birth control, that's a big swing. Huge. So how about you guys don't talk as much

at work and save it for home so it doesn't have to be about me?

It's not a bad idea. That's a good idea, right? Yeah, that could definitely work.

It doesn't have to be a whole thing when I see you. No, we could just smile in

the hallway. Ships in the night. I like that.

Great, so we don't have to talk about my personal life anymore.

Honey, that's all we're going to talk about now.

I'm sorry.

Todd said you wanted to see me. Let me guess.

Bemis was of no help. No, because he doesn't care.

But you do, Dean.

Is that all?

Because I've got midterms and I've got to study. Dean, that's not you, and you

know it.

I can't believe I'm going to say this, but I think Dad was actually right.

We can do this together better than I can do it by myself.

I've waited a long time for you to say those words.

Maybe a lifetime.

But it's too late.

I'm sorry.

Anyway, I just gotta run in for a second.

Todd's written a paper for me.

My God. What happened?

Someone broke in and destroyed the place.

You still think I'm crazy?

You're breaking up with me? I'm afraid so.

Why?

Tell me why.

Because.

You don't want any part of this. The man that you fell in love with, it's not who

I am.

It was a character that I was playing because that's what I do.

What about her therapy?

Yeah, I think I need to see somebody else for that too. Why?

Tell me why.

I think you know why.

Dean, the Grinder is the character.

But what if it isn't?

What if the Grinder is who I really am?

I mean, I doubt it.

Goodbye, Julian.

Goodbye.

Is to love, love, love him Just to

see him smile Makes my life worthwhile

From the ashes.

He rises.